Performance
Performance has been tested on the Intel platform, including the i7-14700K processor, ASUS Z790 APEX motherboard, Colorful RTX4080 Advanced OC 16GB graphics card, Kingston Renegade 2TB NVMe SSD, and Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum PSU.
All results were performed on the V-Color XPrism 48GB DDR5-8200 memory kit. Our overclocking limit was 8600MT/s, but overclocking is not guaranteed. At this clock, the memory could run at respectable timings of CL38-52-52 at the 1.57/1.53V VDD/VDDQ. This voltage is not recommended for daily usage, but we still wanted to show what our readers can expect by overclocking the RAM above its specified values.
We will start with the AIDA64 Memory and Cache benchmark, probably the best application to check memory bandwidth and latency.
The results in the AIDA64 benchmark almost always look better at higher frequencies, so it is no wonder that our overclocked settings give higher bandwidth. The memory kit performs well at the XMP profile. Results are close to those of 8200MT/s CL38 kits. At this frequency, sub-timings affect results even more than primary timings.
The latency test shows that the difference between the XMP and overclocked settings is significant but not as high as expected. The V-Color memory doesn’t have the tightest sub-timings, but results show it can compete with any other brand on the market as every memory kit at 8200MT/s gives around 67ns latency. The overclocked settings gave us around 56ns latency.
AIDA64 tests are fully synthetic and usually do not present real-world performance. The following tests should give a better view of the daily performance.
PCMark 10 Applications benchmark shows that the performance gain from further overclocking isn’t significant and can be a waste of time. The V-Color memory performs excellent at the XMP profile.
The same story can be seen in 3DMark benchmarks. Overclocked settings are barely better.
Cinebench 2024 is not any different. Even though we see the higher results at a higher memory frequency, it’s not changing much if we translate it into daily workloads. The same as in previous tests, the memory is scaling much better up to about 7600MT/s, while above that, it is better, but not spectacular out of synthetic bandwidth tests.
The same Final Fantasy XV and Superposition benchmarks have all results close to the error margin.
Results in games finally show something higher. Less demanding titles or low display resolutions can take advantage of faster RAM. More demanding games at high display resolutions push graphics cards to the limits and don’t rely so much on the CPU or RAM. Then, the FPS gain is not so significant. We can see that the average FPS in the Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p can improve even by 25 FPS.
So far, the V-Color XPrism 8200MT/s is the fastest memory kit we tested. It performs exceptionally well, and the only shame is that current motherboards and memory controllers often have problems above 8000MT/s. The RAM’s performance is not scaling as well as expected above 7200MT/s. It also highly depends on the software used. It shows that the DDR5 is already very fast for most tasks, even at lower frequencies.
I will tell you more about overclocking on the next page of this review.
